Documents relating to the English-Continental Wireless Telegraph Service
MS. Marconi 199
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Documents relating to the English-Continental Wireless Telegraph Service
Shelfmark
MS. Marconi 199
Summary
Comprises:
Descriptive leaflets about the service, its control centre at Radio House in London, the receiving centre at Brentwood and transmitting centre at Ongar, c. 1920
Souvenir brochures for the service, c. 1920
Documents relating to a visit to the stations and Radio House by the Industrial Group of the House of Commons, including souvenir, draft speech by Marconi and a printed address by Godfrey Isaacs, 1923
Souvenir programmes for visits to Ongar and Brentwood by the International Broadcasting Union and the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1934-5
Date
c. 1920-35
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Papers relating to Marconi and the development of wireless telegraphy
Stations and establishment
The English-Continental Wireless Telegraph Service
Documents relating to the English-Continental Wireless Telegraph Service
